I CAN DO IT BY MYSELF

by Lessie Jones & Eloise Greenfield Little ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 19, 1978

A little black boy's trip around two corners to buy his mother a birthday plant is transcribed with all the pique he feels when passing strangers call him cute, all the pride he feels when the florist treats him like a real customer and not a kid, and all the terror occasioned by the fierce-looking bulldog that has somehow escaped from its yard. But the bulldog only looks at Donny and goes back to his yard; Donny, though ashamed of being scared, is glad that he didn't run; and once he's home, his mother loves the plant that he got her ""all by himself."" Agreeably empathic.

Pub Date: April 19, 1978

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: T. Y. Crowell

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1978

Categories: CHILDREN'S